{"id":"CVE-2017-8918","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-8918","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T23:13:03.600Z","title":"XXE in Dive Assistant - Template Builder in Blackwave Dive Assistant - Desktop Edition 8.0 allows attackers to remotely view local files via a crafted template.xml file.","description":"XXE in Dive Assistant - Template Builder in Blackwave Dive Assistant - Desktop Edition 8.0 allows attackers to remotely view local files via a crafted template.xml file.","published":"2017-09-12T18:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:27:12.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-611"],"affected":["blackwave/dive assistant"],"epss":{"score":0.02208,"percentile":0.82485,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2017-05-12","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":42000,"kind":"exploit","title":"Dive Assistant Template Builder 8.0 - XML External Entity Injection","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42000","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/local/42000.txt","file":"exploits/windows/local/42000.txt","published":"2017-05-12","added":"2017-05-14","updated":"2017-08-18","author":"Trent Gordon","type":"local","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2017-8918"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.comDive Assistant - Desktop Edition - Installer.msi","screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 2.2%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://thenopsled.com/Exploit-DB%20Writeup.txt","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://thenopsled.com/Exploit-DB%20Writeup.txt","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8918","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}